Machine for manufacturing triplicate notebooks



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'RUDOLF GOMPF, or BERLIN, GERLIANY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING 'TRIPLIGATE NWIFEBOGIKS.

Applicationfiled June 11, 1927, Serial No. 198,198, and in Germany June 17, I926.

tion consists in providing a machine in which a web of paper or the like is taken from roll thereof, passed through suitable printing apparatus, giuing apparatus and folding apparatus, and in which further sheets ofpaper or the like similar or different in character and material from the character and material of the said webrare supplied by feed mechanism tothe said web and applied'to-the glued portion thereof prior to folding the web, so

F that the said sheets are folded together with the web. In the preferred construction the sheets are cut on the machine from a second web placed on a roll.

hen usin the note bookmade by my improved machine I need a single carbon paper for making records onthe note book, the said carbon paper being prepared at both sides and further. the said carbon paper need be fixcdat one end of the book only, that is either at thetop or at the bottom thereof. Another important feature of my improved notebook resides in that the top of all the sheets isalways located at the same side of the book, in

which respect my note book is distinguished.

from triplicate note books heretofore made from a single web.

For the purpose of explaining thcinvention an example embodying the same has been shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference characters have been used in all the views to indicate correscale showing old parts of the machine combined with-the novel mechanismsthereof,

Fig. 3, is a detailseetional view on an enlarged scale showing the main part of the glue applying mechanism,

Fig. at, is a detail sectional'view showing the means for perforating the web,

Fig. 5, is an elevation looking from the left of Fig. 4, t

Fig. 6, is a detail-view showing the -per forating blade forming a part of the mechanism shown in Figs. 4 and 5,

Fig. 7, is a'detail sectional view showing one of the mechanisms for cutting sheets from a web,

F 8, is a detail sectional view showing the mechanism for gripping the cut sheets of paper and carrying the same to the previously glued web.

Fig. 9, is a sectional view taken ontl'retli'ne 9-9 of Fig. 8,

Fig. 10, is a detail view showing 'the'apparatus for arrestingthe sheets ofpaper before carrying the same to the glued web,

Fig. 11,is a sectional view taken on the line 11 11 of Fig. 10,

Fig. 12, is a perspective view showing the web and sheets being folded into a triplicate note book, and

Fig. '13, is a detailview sh owingthemechanism for folding the web having the sheet attached thereto.

Some of the mechanisms, and niore'particularly the mechanism for feeding and printing a web of paper or the-like, and folding the same into meander-form are known in "the art, and I have illustrated the said parts in Fig. 1 in a diagrammatic way as far as is necessary in order to illustrate'the cooperation ofthe said old parts with the novel mechanisms.

In the example shown in Fig. 1 my improved machine comprises a frame composed of a base member having uprights lOl, 102 and 108." On the uprights 10l=the meohanisms for feeding and printing the web of paper have been illustrated, the said web having received the reference character I,

Iil'indicating 'the sheets to be 'folded*tl1e1"e-- from. The-said web I, IIIis takenfrem a-roll 1 andpassed over rollers 2,3, l, 5 for printing thereon suitable matter and numbers, thesaidprinting being made, if desired,

' Fig. 1 by the numeral 12, the said folding in different colors, as is known in the art. From the said printing rollers the web is passed over a guide roller 13 and through a glue applying apparatus comprismg a trough 6" containing glue, a glue transmit ting roller (3", a glue applying member 6 adapted to take a certain amount of glue from the roller 6" and to carry the same to the web of paper, the said paper being passed over a roller 6. From the gluing apparatus the web I, 111 is passed over a roller 7, and while moving over the same a sheet 11 of paper or other suitable material is applied thereto with one of its edges in position for being placed on the stripe of glue applied to the web. Fromthe roller F the web 1, ill having the sheets 11 glued thereto carried further to the folding a iiparatus indicated 1n apparatus being adapted to fold the web and sheets into triplicate note books.

The sheets 11 are cut from a web 8 trained on a roller mounted. at 10 i and passed over printing rollers such as 9, a perforating ap-- paratus 10, a cutting apparatus 11 and an endless band 105 trained on rollers 17 and. 1S and adapted to supply the cut sheets H to the roller 7 and the web I, III. In view of the fact that one sheet 11 is combined with two successive sheetsl and III, the circumferential velocity of the rollers supplying the web 8 is one half that of the rollers supplying the web I, Ill, and after a sheet H has been cut from the web by means of the mechanism 11, the tape 105 carries the same at increased velocity to the roller 7, where it is temporarily arrested by a rockable arresting member 7) adapted to be rocked out of the path of the sheet at the proper time for permitting the end of the sheet to be applied to the glued portion of the web.

In the following I shall describe the novel elements of the machine and their cooperation for forming the webs into a triplicate note book.

Referring at first to the glue applying apparatus illustrated in detail in Figs. 2 and 3, the said glue applying apparatus Comprises the trough 6 above referred to, the rotary roller 6 adapted to take the glue from the trough G, a wiper 6 the glue applying meml er'ti and the roller (3 on which the web I 1, HI is trained. The glue 'arried upwardly by the roller 6" is taken up by the member 6 and transmitted thereby at the proper in tervals to the web I, III. The construction of themember (3 is shown in detail in F g.

3. On a rotary shaft 34ltwo blocks 30, 31

are mounted, the said. blocks being clamped At one of rollers 6" and ('3 and the member 6 have equal circumferential velocities, and by the rotation of the said parts the member (3 takes up a small amount of glue and applies the same to the web. It will be understood that the breadth of the member 6 is only a few n'iillimeters, so that a very small amount of glue is applied to the web.

By the said apparatus a narrow stripe of glue is applied to the web, which stripe is shown in. Fig. 2- at 109. As appears from the said figure, the said stripe is located at the side adapted to engage the roller 7, so that the sheet 11 placed with-its edge against the said stripe is firmly pressed thereon.

The mechanism for taking the web 8 from the roll thereof and the printing apparatus may have any known or preferred construction, and I deem it not necessary tov describe the same in detail. For perforai'zing the web the n'iecnanism shown in Figs. 4 to 6 is pro vided. As shown in the said figures and in Fig. 2, the said mechanism comprises two rollers 37, 39, the roller 37 being adapted to have the web 8 trained thereon, and being provided with one or more grooves 36 dieposed longitudinally thereof and adapted to receive the ed 'e of the perforating blade 38. As is shown in Fig. 6, the said blade is formed with a series of points 111. One or more blades 38 are mounted on the roller 39, and as shown, the blade is fixed to a bar d0 by means of screws 112, and the said bars are secured by means of screws ll to a block 4.2 having tapering side walls and engaging in circumferential dovetailed grooves 43 made in the roller 39, the said blocks being fixed in position by screwing down the screws 41 and pressing the blocks 42 into engagement with the dovetailed faces of the grooves 43. The roller 37 and the edges of the blades 7 have equal circumferential velocity, and when rotating the said parts relatively to each other in the same direction the web, 8 is perforated by the blades 38 without being separated thereby into sheets.

After the web 8 has thus been perforated at suitable parts it is supplied to the cutting apparatus comprising a pair of rollers 11 and 11 The roller-.11 is formed with one or more longitudinal grooves 11 adapted to receive the edge of the blade or blades 11 The said blade 11-is fixed to a bar ll by means of a screw 11 and a clamping rail 11. Vihile cutting the web 8 must be held in position-on therolle'r 11 ata part close to the blade ll andfor thispurpose a slide ll is' The spring 11 tent s to force the block '11 outwardly and into clamping engagement with the web 8 beingcut bymeans of-theblade 11".

After the web 8 has been cut into sheets, thesaid sheets are transmitted between guide members"16 toa pair of" endless tapes 105 and 11 1, the tape 11st being trained on roll ers'115, 116 and-on the roller 7. Thevelocity of thesaid tapes is larger than the circumferential v loclty of the-roller 11 and 1.1", so that the sheets are rapidly carried-away and to the rollers 7 and-1S. -When arriving between the saidrollers the front edge'of the sheet is temporarily arrested by the member I) in position for being gripped by gripping needles 63 *provided' on the roller 7. The arrestingmechanism has been shown in detail in Figs. 10 and 11. The arresting member 5 consists of a plurality of lingers 6 carried each by a rocker 19.1nounted on a shaft 52. [rt-the ends remote from'the fingers Z) the rockers carry eyes 53 secured to a. common rod 5-it supported at its ends on arms 55, rockingly mounted on the shaft 52. On the arms 55 rollers'58 are mounted which'are in engagei'nentwith a cam formed on a circular railGlfiXed to the end face of the cylinder 7.-

To the arms 55 springs 56 are attached, which are connected to relatively fixedparts 57 of the'fra'me of the machineg and which tend to roclcthe arms 55 into the arresting position shown-in 1 Fig. 2 in full lines. hen the needles 63 are pushed outwardly in the manner tote describedhereinafter, the cam 60 rocks the arms 55 into the position shown in Fig. 2 in dottedlines thus putting the spring 56 under tension. inoperative positions permitting the sheets to be carried along by the needles 63. After the sheet has passed the fingers b, the cam 60 releases the arm 55 thus permitting the spring to rock the arms 55 into operative positions.

The construction of the needles 68 and the operating mechanism thereof has been shown in 8 and 9. The cylinder 18 is provided with several sockets 62 permitting the passage of the needles 63 into the same. The

needles 63 of each needle mechanism 20 are screwed into a bolt 63 fixed to a bar 65 at 64:. The bar is provided at its ends with rollers 66 engaging ina cam groove 21. As appears from Fig. 8, the said cam groove is provided, at parts corresponding to the needle mechanisms mounted on the roller 7 with rises 116 by means of which the needles 63 Now the fingers bare in the other set are moved towards the same.

are pushed outwardlythrough the sheets of paper and into the-sockets 62 thesa-id rises being located so tha't'the needles are advanced whenevera pair'of rollers 66 is in the position-shown inFig. 8-.- 70

The operation ofthispart of the-machine is as'followsz I Asheet' II arriving-with its front-end be tween-the rollers 7 and18' is arrested by the lingers 5 while the rollers? and 18 continuetheir rotary movement. When a set of needles 63hrrives inthe position shown in Fig.' 8, the'said needles are pushed outwardly and through the sheet of paper, and simultaneously the fingers I) are rocked'into the position shown in Fig. 2 in dotted'lines thus permitting forward movement ofthe sheet 4 taken up by the needles 63; After the sheet has been carried by the needles 63 into position for engagement with the glued'portion of the web'lflll the needles 63-are retracted,- the rollers 66 being movedinwardly within the cam groove 21L Nowthe sheet If is'he'ld in positioirbetween the outer face of the roller/1- andtheweb 1,111, and-it ispressed against the glued portion thereof, so that'it sticks to the web after leaving the roller 7 in the manner indicated in Fig. 2.

In I have shown the web L lli wi h'the-sheets I1 attached thereto in thestate of'b-eing' folded. The sheet 11 is glued to the web at'l'l andits free end has been indicated by the numeral'TO.

Fig. 13 shows the mechanism for folding the web and sheet into meander-form. In the said figure the numerals 1:2 indicate the folding rollers. Each folding roller 12 is provided-with a recess 80 extending the whole length tllT60f,'3I1Cl on shafts 81, 81 folding-lingers 84 are mounted, which are adapted to 'b-e'operatedfrom a cam member. (not shown) through the intermediary of links 83-, 83; a bellcrank lever 117 and an arm 118. The recesses 80 are displaced relativelyto each other, and also the fingersS l are mounted on the respective shafts 81, 81 so as to be moved in opposite directions; so that the folding fingers of one set are removed from the roller while the folding fingers of The sheet II which is glued to the web I,

rial. It will be thus be seen that if a carbon is inserted immediately under this sheet II, the carbon being coated on both sides, a reverse impression will be obtained on the sheet 11 and a direct impression on that part of the folded sheet I, III which lies directly beneath the carbon. Another single coated carbon sheet is then placed in the next fold of the sheet I, III which will produce a direct impression on the lower fold. In this way three carbons are obtained, one on the transparent sheet and one on each of the two opaque folds. The writing on the transpar- 130 All.

ent sheet will, of course, be reversed and must be observed through the sheet. It will be therefore seen that by Writing on the up per leaf of applicants note book three carbons will be produced, and only two carbon sheets-need be inserted, the insertion being made from the same side of the book in each case. The book therefore presents distinct advantages over note books which. have been heretofore developed.

While in describing the invention reference has been made to a particular example embodying the same I wish it to be understood that my invention is not limited to the construction shown in the drawings, and that various changes may be made in, the general arrangen'ient of the apparatus and tl e con. struction of its parts without departing from the invention.

I claim:

1. A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means to feed sheets to said web and to attach one end of each sheet to the web, and folding means adapted to fold the unsevered web with the sheets carried thereby into continuous triplicate books.

2) A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a continuous web, means for attaching separate sheets to said web at spaced points thereon, and means for folding said web so as to form triplicate books of the web and attached sheets.

A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means to apply an adhesive to said web, means to feed sheets to said web into position for placing the same against said glued portions, and folding means adapted to fold said web with the sheets carried thereby into triplicate books.

4. A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means to apply an adhesive to said Web, 111021118 to feed a second web, means for cutting said web into sheets, means to feed said sheets to said first-named. Web into position for being pressed against the glued portions thereof, and means for folding said firstnamed Web With the sheets attached thereto into a triplicate book.

5. A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means to apply an adhesive to said web, means to feed a second web, means for cutting said web into sheets, means to feed Said sheets to said first-named Web into position for being pressed against the glued portions thereof, and means for folding said firstnamed web with the sheets attached thereto into a triplicate book, the velocity of the feeding means of the first-named Web being the double of that of the feeding means of the second web, and the means for feeding the cut sheets having a velocity substantially equal to that of the feeding means of the first-named web.

6. A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means to apply an adhesive to said web,

means to feed sheets to said web into position for placing the same against said glued portions, and folding means adapted. to fold said web with the sheets carried thereby into triplicate books, said means to apply adhesive comprising a supply of the adhesive, a roller adapted to be coated with said adhesive, and a revolvingelongated member adapted when being revolved to make contact with said roller and With the web being fed.

7. A machine for manufacturing triplicate note books, comprising means for feeding a web, means for attaching sheets to said Web, and folding means adapted to fold said web with the sheets carried thereby into triplicate books, said web feeding means comprising a roller adapted to have the Web passed thereon, and gripping needles radially movable in said roller and in position for gripping the sheets being fed and for carrying the same to the web being passed on said roller.

In tastimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

RUDOLF GOMPF. 

